I write my own concepts, provide script and book coverage for production companies, writers, independent producers and distributors, and also provide story analysis and education services for beginners. I get to spend my 9 to 5 at Screen Australia, working in Policy and Research.

I like to start with the simple questions:

Whose story is this?

What do they want? What do they need?

Who, or what, is stopping them?

What’s at stake?

And last, but most certainly not least: what does the story say about us?